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National Radio Astronomy Observatory

Black Hole, Accretion Disk, and Jet

Caption: Artist's conception of region near supermassive black hole where twisted magnetic fields propel and shape jet of particles.

Credit: CREDIT: Marscher et al., Wolfgang Steffen, Cosmovision, NRAO/AUI/NSF

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